Novosilky-Gnjevosh [Ru] Nowosiolki Gniewosz[Polish]

Sanok District, present day SE Poland


Lemko Surnames cited by Krasovs'kyj from 1787 Austrian Cadastral Records


  1. Bodnia
  2. Boniak / Bodnjak ( 2 families)
  3. Wasurczak / Vasurchak
  4. Honczaryk / Ganczaryk / Honcharyk
  5. Kaczmaryk / Kachmaryk (3 families)
  6. Kruk ( 3 families)
  7. Petryszyn / Petryshyn
  8. Polehonki / Polehoikij / Polehon'kyj (2 families)
  9. Prystasz / Przystasz / Prsysztasz / Prystash
  10. Ruzyla / Ruzylo / Ruzhyla (3 families)
  11. Sydor / Sidor / Sydor ( 5 families)
  12. Sliwiak / Slyv'jak
  13. Szalenik / Shalenyk ( 2 families)

Parish Data: [from Blazejowskyj and Iwanusiw]

Church was "PAtronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary" [1894] [destroyed]

The masonry church was erected on the same site as the older wooden church that was built in 1741 and was dismantled. The name "Gnjevosh", derived from the family that ownde the land [1828-1836] was not officiall used until 1885

In 1785 the village lands comprised 10.95 sq km. There were 623 Greek Catholics 75 Roman Catholics and 15 Jews

1840 - 693 Greek Catholics

1859 - 680 Greek Catholics

1879 - 630 Greek Catholics

1899 - 857 Greek Catholics

1926 - 967 Greek Catholics

1936 - 908 Greek Catholics [100 in NA]

The village was incorporated in to the Lemko Apostolic Administration in 1934

In 1936 there were 660 Roman Catholics and 58 Jews

Villages served by the priest were: BAZHANIVKA 5km, DOVHE 2km, JACHMIR 6km, POSADA JACHMIRSKA 6.5km, POSADA ZARSHYNSKA 5km, TURJEPOLJE, and ZARSHYN 4km


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